(70) Panopaea
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	12 Jul 2025	14.1	2.917 AU	3.567 AU	10h30m	+18°18'	43.6°	13.9°
Opposition	16 May 2026	10.9	2.361 AU	1.351 AU	15h29m	-21°46'	177.2°	1.2°

The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date. Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below. (Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)

The orbital elements of Panopaea are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1829741
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6134175
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.59683
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 47.63859
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 255.47152
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 222.87281
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 122.82054
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -11.22110
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.22            
        

The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.

The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.

The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes. A more printer-friendly version of the same chart can be found below.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2025-07-12 00:00 UT   10 30 37.7   +18 18 18     3.567    2.917   43.6   13.9   103   14.1 
2025-07-12 07:01 UT   10 31 00.0   +18 15 29     3.569    2.916   43.5   13.9   103   14.1 
2025-07-13 00:00 UT   10 31 54.2   +18 08 39     3.575    2.915   43.0   13.8   103   14.0 
2025-07-14 00:00 UT   10 33 10.9   +17 58 58     3.582    2.914   42.4   13.6   103   14.0 
2025-07-15 00:00 UT   10 34 27.8   +17 49 15     3.590    2.913   41.8   13.5   103   14.0 
2025-07-16 00:00 UT   10 35 45.1   +17 39 30     3.598    2.911   41.2   13.3   103   14.0 
2025-07-17 00:00 UT   10 37 02.5   +17 29 44     3.605    2.910   40.6   13.1   102   14.0 
2025-07-18 00:00 UT   10 38 20.2   +17 19 56     3.612    2.909   40.0   13.0   102   14.0 
2025-07-19 00:00 UT   10 39 38.2   +17 10 06     3.619    2.907   39.4   12.8   102   14.0 
2025-07-20 00:00 UT   10 40 56.4   +17 00 15     3.626    2.906   38.9   12.7   102   14.0 
2025-07-21 00:00 UT   10 42 14.9   +16 50 21     3.633    2.904   38.3   12.5   102   14.0 
2025-07-22 00:00 UT   10 43 33.5   +16 40 27     3.640    2.903   37.7   12.4   102   14.0 
2025-07-23 00:00 UT   10 44 52.4   +16 30 30     3.647    2.902   37.1   12.2   102   14.0 
2025-07-24 00:00 UT   10 46 11.5   +16 20 32     3.653    2.900   36.5   12.0   102   14.0 
2025-07-25 00:00 UT   10 47 30.9   +16 10 32     3.660    2.899   35.9   11.9   101   14.0 
2025-07-26 00:00 UT   10 48 50.4   +16 00 31     3.666    2.897   35.3   11.7   101   14.0 
2025-07-27 00:00 UT   10 50 10.2   +15 50 28     3.672    2.896   34.8   11.5   101   14.0 
2025-07-28 00:00 UT   10 51 30.1   +15 40 23     3.678    2.895   34.2   11.4   101   14.0 
2025-07-29 00:00 UT   10 52 50.3   +15 30 17     3.684    2.893   33.6   11.2   101   14.0 
2025-07-30 00:00 UT   10 54 10.6   +15 20 10     3.690    2.892   33.0   11.0   101   14.0 
2025-07-31 00:00 UT   10 55 31.1   +15 10 01     3.695    2.890   32.4   10.9   100   14.0 
2025-08-01 00:00 UT   10 56 51.8   +14 59 51     3.701    2.889   31.9   10.7   100   14.0 
2025-08-02 00:00 UT   10 58 12.7   +14 49 39     3.706    2.887   31.3   10.5   100   14.0 
2025-08-03 00:00 UT   10 59 33.8   +14 39 26     3.711    2.886   30.7   10.3   100   14.0 
2025-08-04 00:00 UT   11 00 55.0   +14 29 12     3.717    2.885   30.1   10.2   100   14.0 

    Terminology:
            
    delta:  distance between minor planet and earth in AU
    radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
    magn:   magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    ra:     right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
    dec:    declination in degrees
    elong:  elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)    
    phase:  phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)        
    AU:     Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    

Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.